Comments on: To hustle … or not? http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/ Creative Chaos - Dina Mehta's Weblog Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:10:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Priyanka http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Priyanka Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:50:26 +0000 http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/#comment-1125 I quite agree with you Dina on this one. To say that "hustling" can bring people in, in my opinion, is undermining the conscience of people who read you, and their ability to choose. I think creating "awareness" about a cause or doing "advocacy" for a cause might be a better word. I am quite new to blogging and the online world, but I am assuming, that most people here would be very sophisticated (technically and in their thoughts) to get carried away by hustling. I am sure they would know how to separate the grain from the chaff :) I quite agree with you Dina on this one. To say that “hustling” can bring people in, in my opinion, is undermining the conscience of people who read you, and their ability to choose. I think creating “awareness” about a cause or doing “advocacy” for a cause might be a better word. I am quite new to blogging and the online world, but I am assuming, that most people here would be very sophisticated (technically and in their thoughts) to get carried away by hustling. I am sure they would know how to separate the grain from the chaff :)

]]> By: Rajesh Lalwani http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 Rajesh Lalwani Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:40:11 +0000 http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/#comment-1121 Dina - random comment about reputation - it's a funny thing, takes a really long time to build, can potentially go in a minute, take a really long time to build again, if at all. R Dina – random comment about reputation – it’s a funny thing, takes a really long time to build, can potentially go in a minute, take a really long time to build again, if at all.

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]]> By: Dina http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1111 Dina Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:44:14 +0000 http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/#comment-1111 thanks for the comments! manu: you are now ready to write THE book :). simple with depth and a sprinkling of chingari shefaly: am not so sure about the signal to noise ratio for alltop! i guess guy kawasaki gets away with it because of his reputation!! On your point about conversations around links - it depends whether the links are to your own blog posts or to others. On the latter, often I read something and just share the link because I feel my community will enjoy it. Or just to share with them something I like. niti: yeah jugaad :). silent and present whuffie i like! thanks for the comments!

manu: you are now ready to write THE book :) . simple with depth and a sprinkling of chingari

shefaly: am not so sure about the signal to noise ratio for alltop! i guess guy kawasaki gets away with it because of his reputation!! On your point about conversations around links – it depends whether the links are to your own blog posts or to others. On the latter, often I read something and just share the link because I feel my community will enjoy it. Or just to share with them something I like.

niti: yeah jugaad :) . silent and present whuffie i like!

]]> By: niti bhan http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 niti bhan Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:10:03 +0000 http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/#comment-1097 two thoughts: 1. whuffie is similar to jugaad isn't it? the intangible kind, not the obvious makeshift gadget or whatever 2. isn't the true power of whuffie in *not* using it... or at least judiciously and not for yourself? two thoughts:

1. whuffie is similar to jugaad isn’t it? the intangible kind, not the obvious makeshift gadget or whatever

2. isn’t the true power of whuffie in *not* using it… or at least judiciously and not for yourself?

]]> By: Shefaly http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 Shefaly Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:22:07 +0000 http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/#comment-1096 One man's meat etc come to mind whenever this issue arises. Except in some cases, where their recent past behaviour re hustling is fully in contrast with their espoused views :-) I can't help but think there is also a 'balance' thing. So many erstwhile fans of Guy Kawasaki are now upset with him because close to 80% of his signal is 'Alltop noise'. Clearly it is a hustle to some but considering only a few score of his thousands of followers object, the signal-to-noise ratio is high for most. Many people only ever post links and never converse. I am unsure what the point of their posts is. (When I wake up, I read many things so my early morning tweets are mostly links but that changes during the day). Is that hustle? I am not sure. One man’s meat etc come to mind whenever this issue arises. Except in some cases, where their recent past behaviour re hustling is fully in contrast with their espoused views :-)

I can’t help but think there is also a ‘balance’ thing.

So many erstwhile fans of Guy Kawasaki are now upset with him because close to 80% of his signal is ‘Alltop noise’. Clearly it is a hustle to some but considering only a few score of his thousands of followers object, the signal-to-noise ratio is high for most.

Many people only ever post links and never converse. I am unsure what the point of their posts is. (When I wake up, I read many things so my early morning tweets are mostly links but that changes during the day). Is that hustle? I am not sure.

]]> By: manuscrypts http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 manuscrypts Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:31:29 +0000 http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/12/12/to-hustle-or-not/#comment-1089 agree completely (with your reply, like i said in my comment there too).. to me, its an amusing question, more than a conundrum, because it shows a pattern... this might be over simplification, but... a long time back, there were very few brands, they communicated their value proposition in a plain manner, people bought them, they survived/perished based on WOM and this was usually in proportion to the product quality... then commodities happened, communication lost transparency, 'branding/positioning..blah', and today, on social media brands are berated regularly for their one way push messaging.. a long time back, there were very few blogs, they communicated...... :D the difference though is that now we have a self correcting mechanism already in place, which i trust will take care of this. you're right, readers will be hustled only if they consciously agree to be hustled :) PS. it also reminds me of the song 'chingari' from amar prem :} agree completely (with your reply, like i said in my comment there too).. to me, its an amusing question, more than a conundrum, because it shows a pattern… this might be over simplification, but…
a long time back, there were very few brands, they communicated their value proposition in a plain manner, people bought them, they survived/perished based on WOM and this was usually in proportion to the product quality… then commodities happened, communication lost transparency, ‘branding/positioning..blah’, and today, on social media brands are berated regularly for their one way push messaging..
a long time back, there were very few blogs, they communicated…… :D
the difference though is that now we have a self correcting mechanism already in place, which i trust will take care of this. you’re right, readers will be hustled only if they consciously agree to be hustled :)

PS. it also reminds me of the song ‘chingari’ from amar prem :}

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